Moyes sees €35m man as the marquee signing

CandH Exclusive by Hughie Southon

David Moyes sees central defender Nayef Aguerd as his marquee signing of the summer…once it happens!

The club believe the deal will be done by the end of the week as the clock ticks by and with other positions urgently needing to be filled.

A Hammers source has just revealed to ClaretandHugh the Rennes defender is very close to joining the club although today may be a little early.

Aguerd’s arrival has been expected for several weeks but we understand that the widely reported fee of €30 million euros is on the low side with our Hammers insider explaining the fee is in fact closer to €35 million.

He has become a very big deal for the manager despite us currently having Kurt Zouma, Craig Dawson, Angelo Ogbonna and Issa Diop available at central defence.

In fact our insider claimed that he would be the marquee signing of the summer declaring: “He’s the manager’s number one summer pick at 35m euros.”